# Articles tagged with "Backups"

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## [How to Automate Linux Backups (and Actually Sleep at Night)](/content/blog/how-to-automate-linux-backups/index.html)

5/22/2026  
**Losing data on a Linux server is painful, and it's almost always preventable.** This guide walks you through setting up automatic Linux backups using tools like rsync, cron, and tar, so your data is protected without you having to think about it.

Tags: [#Linux](/content/tags/linux/index.html) [#Backups](/content/tags/backups/index.html) [#cron](/content/tags/cron/index.html) [#rsync](/content/tags/rsync/index.html) [#Automation](/content/tags/automation/index.html) [#Sysadmin](/content/tags/sysadmin/index.html) [#Server Management](/content/tags/server-management/index.html)

## [What Is RAID and How Does It Protect Your Data? Plus Comparing All RAID Levels](/content/blog/what-is-raid-and-how-does-it-protect-your-data/index.html)

3/23/2026  
**RAID can improve uptime, performance, and fault tolerance, but it doesn't magically make data safe from every kind of loss.** Here's what RAID actually does, how each RAID level works, and where ZFS, software RAID, and hardware RAID fit in.

Tags: [#RAID](/content/tags/raid/index.html) [#RAID Levels](/content/tags/raid-levels/index.html) [#Data Redundancy](/content/tags/data-redundancy/index.html) [#Data Protection](/content/tags/data-protection/index.html) [#Software RAID](/content/tags/software-raid/index.html) [#Hardware RAID](/content/tags/hardware-raid/index.html) [#ZFS](/content/tags/zfs/index.html) [#Storage](/content/tags/storage/index.html) [#Servers](/content/tags/servers/index.html) [#Backups](/content/tags/backups/index.html)